Written by

Robert Frawley

1. What professional and/or personal experience do you feel is most relevant to the position you are seeking?

I am a business attorney who represents small, entrepreneurial businesses. My clients can’t afford to waste time or money and neither can I. I understand how to solve problems, set priorities, make decisions and carry them through.

2. If you are an incumbent, of what achievements are you most proud during your time in office? If you are a challenger, why have you chosen to run?

I am a challenger. I have chosen to run because some current council members are disrespectful of the rights of Bernardsville’s citizens, conduct public business in private and without sufficient notice to affected citizens, and have made irresponsible spending proposals which have been either defeated at referendum or halted by public petition. We have had enough. It is time for responsible municipal government.

3. Please identify the one or two issues you see as most important in this race and summarize your goals in relation to these issues.

Public business to be done in public: take steps to keep citizens informed about matters involving their neighborhoods, refuse to introduce bond ordinances without public notice.

Responsible spending: initiate a capital spending plan as recommended by the Borough’s financial advisor, set reasonable spending priorities with public participation.

Pave the roads. Speaks for itself.

4. What do you see as the biggest difference voters should consider between yourself and your opponent(s)?

I am not afraid to face the public. My Republican opponents are conducting a “stealth campaign.” They have not publicly articulated any vision for the town, and they have refused to participate in a public candidate forum.